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===Article and Link Titles=== | ===Article and Link Titles=== | ||
*All titles should be in title case, not sentence case: '''New York Election Results''', not '''New York election results'''. | *All titles should be in title case, not sentence case: '''New York Election Results''', not '''New York election results'''. | ||
*Titles should use the minimum amount of punctuation necessary, and should avoid use of characters that have special meaning in wikitext. | |||
*No title in the default name space should begin with a word followed by a colon, as this could be (or could come to be) in conflict with a namespace identifier. | |||
====Personal Names==== | |||
Titles that are names of persons should be in the form that that the person most commonly uses/used, and if there is more than one common form the simpler of them. In most cases this will be a personal name and last name. The personal name will in most cases be the person's actual first name, except when the person consistently used something else, such as a nickname. Middle names should not normally be included, i.e., '''Walter Block''' instead of '''Walter Edward Block''', except in situations where there would be a name collision this way (Gary Johnson and Gary Johnson) or if the person is/was normally referred to using a middle name. Redirects with middle names and initials should be created. Initials have been presented without periods at the end -- '''Percy L Greaves''', not '''Percy L. Greaves''' | Titles that are names of persons should be in the form that that the person most commonly uses/used, and if there is more than one common form the simpler of them. In most cases this will be a personal name and last name. The personal name will in most cases be the person's actual first name, except when the person consistently used something else, such as a nickname. Middle names should not normally be included, i.e., '''Walter Block''' instead of '''Walter Edward Block''', except in situations where there would be a name collision this way (Gary Johnson and Gary Johnson) or if the person is/was normally referred to using a middle name. Redirects with middle names and initials should be created. Initials have been presented without periods at the end -- '''Percy L Greaves''', not '''Percy L. Greaves''' | ||
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Among the reasons for simplified names is to reduce the changes of stray red links when the person has an article, and to reduce bot confusion when mining the wiki for data. | Among the reasons for simplified names is to reduce the changes of stray red links when the person has an article, and to reduce bot confusion when mining the wiki for data. | ||
====Dates==== | |||
Dates in article titles should be written in the general form '''Day Month Year''', or as much of that as makes sense to identify the article. The month name should be fully spelled out (i.e., "April" rather than "Apr" or "Apr.", and the year should be the full four digits (i.e., "1988" rather than "88"). For articles about subjects that relate to a whole year rather than a specific date, or about events that take place only once per year (e.g., a convention), normally only the year would be included in the title. Similarly for articles that relate to a month or about events that take place monthly. | |||
===Headings=== | ===Headings=== | ||